Introduction
We need to remember that any disaster creates serious disruption to
our day to day activities e.g. going to school, playing on grounds.
Disasters also create a situation where we feel unsafe because of chaos
in the communities with fallen buildings, collapsed houses, closure of
markets, scarcity of food and water. In many cases like floods or
cyclone, NDRF, Police or Home Guards take families to the crowded
camps where people need to survive with whatever food and water is
available. There are limited number of toilets and people fall sick due
to diarrhea, and other flu like infections.
Course Objective
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Describe how disasters occur
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List key factors of vulnerability which make children, their families and communities unsafe in the event of any
disaster
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Describe importance of capacities to resist and cope with impact of disasters
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Explain simple practices to be adopted for disaster risk reduction
Component
LMS